Deadly Quarrel
- ISBN-10
- 1847511309
- ISBN-13
- 9781847511300
- Category
- Attempted murder
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-01
- Publisher
- Severn House Paperbacks
- Author
- Charles O'Brien
Description
The latest in Charles O’Brien’s acclaimed French Revolution series - On a trip from Paris to London in October 1789, Anne Cartier learns that her rich young deaf friend, Janice Parker, was almost murdered. With the help of retired Bow Street officer Dick Burton, Anne searches London, Bath and Bristol for the perpetrators. She discovers that Captain Judd, the half-brother of Janice’s guardian, had Janice’s parents killed. Judd and his mistress now conspire to kill Janice, then her guardian, and secure her inheritance for themselves . . .
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